The World's Most Expressive Synthesiser?

Roland to launch new V-Synth at NAMM 12/01/07

Roland will be introducing a new V-Synth at the NAMM show. Describing it as 'The Worldâ€™s Most Expressive Synthesiser', they currently have a web page with a Flash video that gives teasing glimpses of the new model but have given out no more information as yet. However, a trawl around the various forums has revealed that an enterprising soul has managed to extract some stills from the vid so weâ€™ve reprinted some of them.
Current speculation is that there will be two V-Synth engines in one machine but Roland are keeping tight-lipped about it all. All will be revealed next Thursday (18th) â€“ check out the Sonicstate news for a full specâ€¦

...or you can just visit Futuremusic.com/blog and learn about all the specs ahead of time...

--DJ Ballistic

12-Jan-07 09:28 AM

Robert Haines Said...

No specs at Futuremusic.com/blog, just mention of AP synthesis (which we can see in these pictures) without saying what it is, and mention of two-tone synthesis (which we can see in these pictures).

12-Jan-07 12:32 PM

Singularity Said...

I hope they updated their filter algorithms and/or added analog filters because Roland has not put out a good filter on a synth since the JP-8000 everything else they put out so far (including previous v-synths) has very audible aliasing in the high frequency domain, sounds very steppy when doing sweeps. I'm sure the Korg OASYS seems like a better purchase.

14-Jan-07 02:50 PM

fizmo100 Said...

Yeah, the COSM filters didnt do it for me - I sold my V-Synth as a result. The TB303 emulated filter in OS2.0 was nice though. Should be interesting to see what they've done with the new model - looking forward to it!

15-Jan-07 01:49 PM

jeff sepeta Said...

what? no pitch and mod wheel? what's with the craptacular roland joystick?

17-Jan-07 10:24 AM

DJ Shakespeare Said...

quote:

"Describing it as 'The Worldâ€™s Most Expressive Synthesiser"

should be "The World's Most EXPENSIVE Synthesiser"; however Korg's OASYS wins for US$ 6000 more.

24-Jul-07 12:45 AM

L Roux, France Said...

I purchased a GT last week. This is a killer synth, but with a very limited polyphony. A bad choice for anyone not having other synths in live conditions. For me it's ok since it's my sixth keyboard (I own a Kawai K5000S, an Alesis Fusion 6HD, Korgs CX3 and Z1 and a Kurzweil PC1x).

Controllers are easy to configure and editing is very simple because of the large touchscreen.

AP synthesis is a good surprise for me. Flutes, violins and solo sounds get an extra expressiveness : velocity modify the pitch during the attack, legato playing introduces glissandos, modulation lever acts on volume, breath noise and vibrato.